{"product_id":"education-reform-and-the-concept-of-good-teaching-9781138657830","title":"Education Reform and the Concept of Good Teaching","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Derek Gottlieb\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Educational Policy \u0026amp; Reform\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an effort to address the problems confronting the American education system, the Obama administration has issued structural and systematic reforms such as \u003ci\u003eRace to the Top\u003c\/i\u003e. These initiatives introduce new statistics and accountability systems to gauge what constitutes \"good\" teaching, both from an administrative standpoint and the perspective of teacher training programs. This volume offers a direct critique of this approach, concluding that it does not respond adequately to the issues of education reform but rather raises new problems and actively stymies progress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author argues that at the heart of the confusion lies a misguided and rationalistic view of teaching and learning. He draws on the philosophical strategies of Ludwig Wittgenstein to break down the guiding assumptions of \u003ci\u003eRace to the Top\u003c\/i\u003e, allowing both the positive and the negative aspects of the policies to be heard. The author then proposes a different view of teaching and learning which considers how to effectively address the problems \u003ci\u003eRace to the Top\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to confront. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45237442510999,"sku":"9781138657830","price":2623.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138657830.webp?v=1769216569","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/education-reform-and-the-concept-of-good-teaching-9781138657830","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}